Oskar Potiorek

Oskar Potiorek (20 November 1853-17 December 1933) was the Governor of Bosnia from 1911 to 1914 under Austria-Hungary. He led Austro-Hungarian forces during the Serbian Campaign of 1914 of World War I.

Biography
Potiorek was born in Bad Bleiberg in the Province of Carinthia, Austria-Hungary, and joined the Austro-Hungarian general staff in 1879. In 1906 he became the Chief-of-Staff for Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and in 1910 he was made Inspector-General of Sarajevo. He held the title of governor until the start of World War I in 1914, having been dismissed after failing to defeat Serbia three times, leading to major defeats. He was replaced by Archduke Eugen of Austria-Teschen, and died in Klagenfurt at the age of 80.